Chapter 66: Plagiarism
"There won't be any problems, right?", Professor Ferig was still a little nervous, he had only embezzled his students' research results before, and it was the first time to use his identity as a reviewer to help students plagiarize others, and he would not have dared to do so if it weren't for Soman's identity background.
"Look, it's been so long now! The other party still hasn't raised any questions! He has probably given up his plan to publish a paper in Science!", Soman helped his mentor to cheer him up, this is the biggest breakthrough in mathematics in the past two years! How can a guy from Beijing Normal University find a solution? But now, as long as the "Science" review is over, this achievement will become his own.
"Soman, I'm always a little worried!", Professor Ferig would not have agreed to let him plagiarize if he hadn't promised to make a large sponsorship of his institute from his family, and had promised to split half of the prize money from the Clay Institute of Mathematics.
"What are you worried about? Isn't it normal for two teams to make progress at the same time in the process of scientific research? If Leibniz and Newton were able to invent calculus at the same time, what is it strange that we and Beijing Normal University came up with the solution to the Poincaré conjecture at the same time?"
The last sentence calmed Professor Ferig's mood a little, and it is true that almost any mathematician, after hearing that there was a dispute between Yale and a certain Huaguo University about who solved the Poincaré conjecture first, would subconsciously think that Yale was the first to produce the results, which is an important reason why he dared to help his students plagiarize.
Of course, if Lu Qiujian had signed the name of Princeton University on his thesis, he would never have dared to do so! He is now completely relying on the prestige that Yale has accumulated over many years to do things, and Yale's name can surpass Beijing's Beijing Normal University in China in academic circles, but it cannot overpower Princeton.
Although he doesn't understand Chinese culture, Professor Ferig also knows the truth that persimmons need to be found to be soft and pinched, and in his opinion, Beijing Normal University is the soft persimmon, and if you pinch it, you will pinch it.
"How is your work doing?", Professor Ferig asked with some concern, no scientific research results can be obtained out of thin air, and when there is a dispute, there will be many documents and archives in the research process to prove it!
"I'm all set!", Soman pulled out a large stack of scratch paper and notebooks, which he had been busy with for the past few days, even leaving most of the revision of his papers to Professor Ferig.
"You are familiar with the knowledge involved in this paper!", with these things that can be used to quarrel with people, fortunately, mathematical research is not as good as physics and chemistry, and it is much easier to do so many experiments and fabricate fraud! The only thing he is worried about now is that Soman has not studied this paper thoroughly enough, so that he is asked when he gives a speech.
"I'll keep my paper closed for a few months after the paper is published, and I'll wait until I've done thorough research before I come out and meet people!", Soman is not very confident about this, but he is ready to deal with it.
"Well, when the time comes, I will send an invitation to Huaguo Beijing Normal University in the name of the Yale Department of Mathematics, and the two sides will jointly conduct in-depth research on this issue, and then send a few places for exchanging lectures!", in his impression, those Huaguo professors liked this very much, "If he is not satisfied, it is up to you!"
"I will use my family's relationship to apply for naturalization for him!", Soman believes that after he gives such a big gift, the other party will probably give in, if he is not satisfied with the lawsuit, he will not be afraid, after all, the United States is his home field, and those lawyers in his family are not raised for nothing!
If the other party is interested, he has a high-paying position here and a nationality of the United States to give away, but if he is not interested in the resounding sign of Yale and an elite lawyer with a family, Soman thinks he is ready for everything. As for Science, Professor Ferig will naturally take care of it.
After a while, Professor Ferig's phone rang, and after he said a few words, he hung up, "The editorial board review has been passed, and now the article has been forwarded to the reviewer." ”
"Who's the reviewer?", Soman's heart began to pound, as if he had seen the moment he appeared on the cover of Time magazine, and damn it, why should I hide for months! He wondered if he would be able to come out for an interview if there was no big controversy in a month.
Should I play the young elite in an Armani suit, or should I play Frankenstein casually? Professor Felig made several phone calls while Soman was thinking, and finally asked for the reviewer's name.
"One of them is Professor Rambo of MIT, I had a few words with him at the International Congress of Mathematicians last year, and we had a good impression of each other!", the first is good news.
"Who's the other one?", Soman is also very clear about the system of "Science", and if the other one can be done, then he has the upper hand.
"Well, a troublesome man!", Professor Ferig frowned, he had met the guy a few times over the years, but he had never been able to go all the way.
"Who the hell is it?", Soman looked at Professor Ferig and felt a haze in his heart.
"It's William Thurston of Princeton!", this time he didn't even bother to call the word professor, "I'm not familiar with him, if something goes wrong, it's up to your relationship!"
"Well, I think about it, our family seems to have donated money to Princeton, I'll see if I can find someone to talk to!", for the first time, things began to get out of their control, and a sense of foreboding welled up in both of their hearts.
But they didn't know where the paper had gotten to Professor Thurston, and it wasn't just that it would be rejected! Just as they were starting to make contacts, Professor Thurston opened the email.
Huh? After opening the new manuscript of Science, I took a quick look at it, and the familiar content of the paper made Thurston wonder a little, did Lu resubmit the manuscript after revision? How did it feel worse than the first draft? What's going on?
Since the reviewer couldn't see the name of the contributor, Professor Thurston thought that this was Lu Qiujian's revised paper, and if it was his resubmitted manuscript, he would let him pass it!
Professor Thurston smiled and began to write his reviewers.
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